Picoftheweek

Picoftheweek
Waaaaaaaay too many to count...

My Statement

"Let me emphatically say that I am not anti-Facebook (Fleecebook), anti-smart phone, anti-Microsoft, anti-Apple, anti-Google or anti-Internet. I do believe, though, that the consumer is being ripped off of his privacy, identity and purchase history. We are being herded into a Facebook corner where what we "Like" and where we go physically and on the net will be scrutinized and sold numerous times to actually corrode and erode our culture while tempting us only with convenience, high tech and flashing video screens. The unsuspecting consumers need to be aware..." - Gary Lapman

Quote of Note

“If you can't dazzle them with brilliance, baffle them with bullshit.”-W.C. Fields

"For the strength of the Wolf is in the Pack, and the strength of the Pack is in the Wolf." - Rudyard Kipling
"Common sense is not so common. " -Voltaire

“Fame is vapor, popularity an accident, riches take wing, but only character endures.” - Matthew McConaughey
"In order to keep a true perspective of one's importance, everyone should have a dog that will worship him and a cat that will ignore him"

"Sometimes the road less traveled is less traveled for a reason" - Jerry Seinfeld

"Fleecebook is free, you (and your identity) is the product!" - Gary Lapman

"Christmas is a necessity. There has to be at least one day of the year to remind us that we're here for something else besides ourselves." - Eric Sevareid

"'Smart' phones are only smart for the cell phone providers!" - Gary Lapman

"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." -- Charles Babbage (1791-1871)

“Put your hand on a hot stove for a minute, and it seems like an hour. Sit with a pretty girl for an hour, and it seems like a minute. THAT'S relativity.” -Albert Einstein

"Technology creates the illusion of companionship without the intimacy of friendship." - unknown

"No worry, there's an app for that..." - Gary Lapman

Sunday, April 8, 2012

Free Lunch?

So the next time you think you are getting a session on free WiFi- remember there is no such thing as a free lunch.  Every time the user thinks he or she is getting s deal, there is a catch.  Either they are going to inject advertising or steal you private data and sell it, or both.  Even the days of getting what you have paid for, are gone.  Everyone is getting more than they paid for, but unfortunately, the "more" is undesirable.

So last evening we watched War Horse.  It was a well made epic that was totally ignored by the academy awards.  The photography and sets were extremely well done.  The special effects were pretty amazing.  This is definitely proof that the awards are political and may even be bought! 


Ev had his first broadcast on KJEE radio today.  He spent a good part of yesterday recording it.  Apparently it went off without issue.  Much congratulations.


Tori should be returning to Rome any time now.  It was a long spring break in Vienna and Budapest, and I'm sure it will never be forgotten...




25 Acronyms You Never Stopped To Figure Out
We hear them everyday, but how many of us stop to find their meaning? Here's a list of 25 words you may not have known the meaning to, much less even known they were acronyms in the first place.

1. ZIP Code
Zone Improvement Plan Code

 2. M&M's
Mars and Murrie

3. RE: (In An E-mail)
Regarding (not reply!)

4. T9 (On Cellphones)
Texting On 9 Keys

5. HTTP
Hypertext Transfer Protocol

6. WD-40
Water Displacement - 40th Attempt

7. Laser
Light Amplification by the Stimulated Emission of Radiation

8. JPEG
Joint Photographic Experts Group

9. IMAX
Image Maximum

10. Radar
RAdio Detection And Ranging

 11. Lego
LEg GOdt (play well in Danish)

12. Nabisco
NAtional BIScuit COmpany

13. Canola
CANadian Oil, Low Acid

14. PAM
Product of Arthur Meyerhoff

15. OK
Oll Korrect (all correct)

16. GEICO
Government Employees Insurance Company

17. Wi-Fi
Wireless Fidelity

18. IKEA
Ingvar Kamprad Elmtaryd Agunnaryd

19. CAPTCHA
Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart

20. Q-Tips
Quality Tips

21. RSVP
Répondez S'il Vous Plaît (Reply Please)

22. D-Day
Day-Day. Not dooms day!

23. AM, FM Radio
Amplitude Modulation, Frequency Modulation

24. Yahoo
Yet Another Hierarchical Official Oracle

25. R2D2
Reel Two, Dialogue Two


Classic Southern Expressions
Exclamations:
"Well knock me down and steal muh teeth!"
"Well, butter my butt and call me a biscuit."

Threats:
"I'll slap you so hard, your clothes will be outtastyle."
"This'll jar your preserves."
"Don't you be makin' me open a can o' whoop-ass on ya!"

Good Things/Compliments:
"Cute as a sack full of puppies."
"If things get any better, I may have to hire someone to help me enjoy it."
"Gooder than grits."

The Weather:
"It's so dry, the trees are bribing the dogs."
"It's been hotter'n a goat's butt in a pepper patch."
Wintry roads are said to be "slicker than otter snot."

Descriptions:
A bothersome person is "like a booger that you can't thump off."
When something is bad then you say, "that ain't no count."
If something is hard to do, it's "like trying to herd cats."
"He ran like his feet was on fire and his ass was catchin."
A hectic schedule keeps you "Busier than a cat covering crap on a marble floor."

Insults:
"She's uglier than homemade soap."
"Your momma's so fat, when she stepped up on the scale to be weighed, it said 'To be continued.'"
"He fell out of the ugly tree and hit every branch on the way down."
"Uglier than a lard bucket full of armpits."
"The wheels still turning, but the hamsters dead"
Any insulting statement is always followed by "bless his/her heart."
Example: "She's dumber than a door knob, bless her heart."


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